The Adventures of a Bank-note ...T. Davies, 1771 |
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... mind , that he was not the despicable animal he was looking at . How contemptible a figure muft a man make in his own eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life ...
... mind , that he was not the despicable animal he was looking at . How contemptible a figure muft a man make in his own eye , would he but seriously reflect , that not only the greatest pleasures , but the greatest miferies of life ...
Page 47
... mind their own " concerns on the week - days , and ap- pear decently drefs'd at church on Sundays ; to pay their de- " ❝votions to their Maker , and 66 86 keep the Sabbath holy ; “ That , I " think , " says the fquire , " is the fum ...
... mind their own " concerns on the week - days , and ap- pear decently drefs'd at church on Sundays ; to pay their de- " ❝votions to their Maker , and 66 86 keep the Sabbath holy ; “ That , I " think , " says the fquire , " is the fum ...
Page 48
... mind of the fmall fum he had gi- ven him ; therefore , that matter , though a matter of fuch confe- quence to the learned world , must remain a profound fecret ; unless one of my fagacious readers happens , by the dint of his own ...
... mind of the fmall fum he had gi- ven him ; therefore , that matter , though a matter of fuch confe- quence to the learned world , must remain a profound fecret ; unless one of my fagacious readers happens , by the dint of his own ...
Page 49
... mind , the danger of making " innovations in religion , than by tell- " ing the ftory of an honeft , well- " meaning parfon , in Cumberland , " whofe zeal to lead his flock a short way to heaven , had like to have " been attended with ...
... mind , the danger of making " innovations in religion , than by tell- " ing the ftory of an honeft , well- " meaning parfon , in Cumberland , " whofe zeal to lead his flock a short way to heaven , had like to have " been attended with ...
Page 72
... mind what fuch rogues as as he fay ; for , if a worthy magiftrate's character could be fullied by what pot - house fellows prate , you would hardly find one honest man on the bench ; bench ; but , if there was one , and [ 72 ] CHA P. IX ...
... mind what fuch rogues as as he fay ; for , if a worthy magiftrate's character could be fullied by what pot - house fellows prate , you would hardly find one honest man on the bench ; bench ; but , if there was one , and [ 72 ] CHA P. IX ...
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Page 131 - Tempjars ev'ry fentence raife} And wonder with a foolifh face of praife— Who but muft laugh,- if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What tho...
Page 133 - Chriftians ; there's no objection to their being rogues if they do ; and then, when pork is not forbid, they won't eat a tenth part they do...
Page 71 - Now will I, my learned friend, Mr. Circulating Librarian, indulge you with a chapter of true tragical light reading, to pleafe your tafte ; for John's was a fcheme not only to deftroy, but to make his fellow creatures.
Page 165 - Jacob, ever fold a black-lead " pencil, or a roll of hard pomatum, " or a pair of fleeve buttons in their " jives : then, pray, how could they